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Judicial Nominations 2017 - 2020

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CONFIRMATIONS

NameCourtDate Nominated/
Renominated
Date Confirmed 
Neil M. GorsuchSupreme Court of the United States2/1/20174/7/2017
Amul Roger ThaparU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit3/21/20175/25/2017
David C. NyeU.S. District Court for the District of Idaho5/8/20177/12/2017
John Kenneth BushU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit5/8/20177/20/2017
Kevin Christopher NewsomU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 5/8/20178/1/2017
Timothy J. KellyU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia6/7/20179/5/2017
Ralph R. EricksonU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit6/7/20179/28/2017
Scott L. PalkU.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma5/8/201710/26/2017
Trevor N. McFaddenU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia6/7/201710/30/2017
Amy Coney BarrettU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit5/8/201710/30/2017
Joan Louise LarsenU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit5/8/201711/1/2017
Allison H. EidU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit6/7/201711/2/2017
Stephanos Bibas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit6/19/201711/2/2017
Donald C. Coggins Jr. U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina8/3/201711/16/2017
Dabney Langhorne Friedrich U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia6/7/201711/27/2017
Gregory G. Katsas  U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit9/7/201711/28/2017
Steve Leonard Grasz U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit8/3/201712/12/2017
Don R. Willett  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 10/3/201712/13/2017
James C. Ho  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 10/16/201712/14/2017
William L. Campbell Jr.U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee7/13/20171/9/2018
Thomas Lee Robinson Parker  U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee7/13/20171/10/2018
Walter David Counts III U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas9/11/20171/11/2018
Michael Lawrence BrownU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia7/13/20171/11/2018
David Stras U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit1/8/20181/30/2018
Elizabeth L. BranchU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit1/8/20172/27/2018
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr.U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina8/3/20173/1/2018
Karen Gren ScholerU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas9/7/20173/5/2018
Tilman Eugene Self, IIIU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia8/3/20173/6/2018
Terry A. DoughtyU.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana8/3/20173/6/2018
Claria Horn BoomU.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky6/12/20174/10/2018
John Wesley BroomesU.S. District Court for the District of Kansas9/7/20174/12/2018
Rebecca Grady JenningsU.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky9/7/20174/12/2018
Stuart Kyle DuncanU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1/8/20184/24/2018
Kurt EngelhardtU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1/8/20185/9/2018
Michael B. BrennanU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 1/8/20185/10/2018
Michael Y. ScudderU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2/15/20185/14/2018
Amy J. St. EveU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2/15/20185/14/2018
John B. NalbandianU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1/24/20185/15/2018
Joel M. Carson IIIU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 12/20/20175/15/2018
Robert Earl WierU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky8/3/20176/5/2018
Fernando Rodriguez Jr.U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas9/7/20176/5/2018
Annemarie Carney AxonU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama1/8/20186/6/2018
Mark Jeremy BennettU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2/15/20187/10/2018
Andrew S. OldhamU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2/15/20187/18/2018
Britt Cagle GrantU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 4/10/20187/31/2018
Jeffrey Uhlman BeaverstockU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama1/8/20188/1/2018
Emily Coody MarksU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama1/8/20188/1/2018
Holly Lou TeeterU.S. District Court for the District of Kansas1/8/20188/1/2018
Jill Aiko OtakeU.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii12/21/20178/1/2018
Maryellen NoreikaU.S. District Court for the District of Delaware12/20/20178/1/2018
Colm F. ConnollyU.S. District Court for the District of Delaware12/20/20178/1/2018
Julius Ness RichardsonU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 5/7/20188/16/2018
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 5/7/20188/16/2018
R. Stan BakerU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia9/7/20178/28/2018
Terry Fitzgerald MoorerU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama1/8/20188/28/2018
Charles Barnes GoodwinU.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma1/8/20188/28/2018
Nancy E. BraselU.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota2/15/20188/28/2018
James R. Sweeney IIU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana11/1/20178/28/2018
Barry W. AsheU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana1/8/20188/28/2018
Susan Paradise BaxterU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania12/20/20178/28/2018
Kari A. DooleyU.S. District Court for the  District of Connecticut12/20/20179/6/2018
Marilyn Jean HoranU.S. District Court for the  Western District of Pennsylvania12/20/20179/6/2018
Robert R. SummerhaysU.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana1/24/20189/6/2018
Alan D AlbrightU.S. District Court for the  Western District of Texas1/24/20189/6/2018
Charles J. WilliamsU.S. District Court for the  Northern District of Iowa2/15/20189/6/2018
Eric C. TostrudU.S. District Court for the  District of Minnesota2/15/20189/6/2018
Dominic W. LanzaU.S. District Court for the  District of Arizona1/24/20189/6/2018
William F. JungU.S. District Court for the  Middle District of Florida12/21/20179/6/2018
Brett M. KavanaughU.S. Supreme Court7/10/201810/6/2018
Liles Clifton BurkeU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama1/8/201810/11/2018
Susan BrnovichU.S. District Court for the District of Arizona1/24/201810/11/2018
James Patrick HanlonU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana4/12/201810/11/2018
Michael Joseph JuneauU.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana1/8/201810/11/2018
Jeremy D. KernodleU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas1/23/201810/11/2018
Thomas S. KleehU.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia2/15/201810/11/2018
Ryan Douglas NelsonU.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit5/15/201810/11/2018
Mark Saalfield NorrisU.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee1/8/201810/11/2018
Peter J. PhippsU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania2/15/201810/11/2018
David James PorterU.S. Circuit Court for the Third Circuit4/12/201810/11/2018
William M. Ray IIU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia1/8/201810/11/2018
Eli Jeremy RichardsonU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee1/8/201810/11/2018
Richard J. SullivanU.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit5/7/201810/11/2018
Lance E. WalkerU.S. District Court for the District of Maine4/10/201810/11/2018
Jonathan A. KobesU.S. Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit6/11/201812/11/2018
Eric D. MillerU.S Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit1/23/20192/26/2019
Allison Jones RushingU.S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit1/23/20193/5/2019
Chad A. ReadlerU.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit1/23/20193/6/2019
Eric E. MurphyU.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit1/23/20193/7/2019
Paul B. MateyU.S. Circuit Court for the Third Circuit1/23/20193/12/2019
Neomi J. RaoU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia1/23/20193/13/2019
Bridget S. BadeU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit1/23/20193/13/2019
Roy Kalman AltmanU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida1/23/20194/4/2019
Daniel Desmond DomenicoU.S. District Court for the District of Colorado1/23/20194/9/2019
Patrick R. WyrickU.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma1/23/20194/9/2019
David Steven MoralesU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas1/23/20194/10/2019
Holly A. BradyU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana1/23/20194/10/2019
Andrew Lynn BrasherU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama1/23/20195/1/2019
J. Campbell BarkerU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas1/23/20195/1/2019
Joshua WolsonU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania1/23/20195/2/2019
Rodolfo Armando Ruiz IIU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida1/23/20195/2/2019
Raul M. Arias-MarxuachU.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico1/23/20195/2/2019
Joseph F. BiancoU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit1/23/20195/8/2019
Michael H. ParkU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit1/23/20195/9/2019
Michael J. TruncaleU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas1/23/20195/14/2019
Kenneth Kiyul LeeU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2/6/20195/15/2019
Wendy VitterU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana1/23/20195/16/2019
Daniel Paul CollinsU.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit2/6/20195/21/2019
Kenneth D. BellU.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina1/23/20195/22/2019
Stephen R. Clark Sr.U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri1/23/20195/22/2019
Carl J. NicholsU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia1/23/20195/22/2019
Howard C. Nielson Jr.U.S. District Court for the District of Utah1/23/20195/22/2019
Rossise David Alston Jr.U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia1/23/20195/22/2019
Richard A. HertlingsU.S. Court of Federal Claims1/23/20195/22/2019
Ryan T. HolteU.S. Court of Federal Claims1/23/20196/10/2019
Sarah Daggett MorrisonU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio1/23/20196/10/2019
Thomas P. BarberU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida1/23/20196/10/2019
Pamela A. BarkerU.S. District Court for the Nouthern District of Ohio1/23/20196/11/2019
Jean-Paul BouleeU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia1/23/20196/12/2019
Corey Landon MazeU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama1/23/20196/12/2019
Rodney SmithU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida1/23/20196/12/2019
James David CainU.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana1/23/20196/19/2019
Greg Gerard GuidryU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana1/23/20196/19/2019
Matthew J. KacsmarykU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas1/23/20196/19/2019
Allen Cothrel WinsorU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida1/23/20196/19/2019
Daniel Aaron BressU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2/6/20197/9/2019
T. Kent Wetherell IIU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida1/23/20197/10/2019
J. Nicholas RanjanU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania1/23/20197/10/2019
Damon Ray LeichtyU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana1/23/20197/10/2019
Peter Joseph PhippsU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit5/13/20197/16/2019
Clifton L. CorkerU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee1/23/20197/18/2019
Brian C. BuescherU.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska1/23/20197/24/2019
Wendy Williams BergerU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida1/23/20197/24/2019
James Wesley HendrixU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas1/17/20197/30/2019
Sean D. JordanU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas1/17/20197/30/2019
Michael T. LiburdiU.S. District Court for the District of Arizona1/17/20197/30/2019
Peter D. WelteU.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota1/17/20197/30/2019
Jeffrey Vincent BrownU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas3/11/20197/31/2019
Karin J. ImmergutU.S. District Court for the District of Oregon1/23/20197/31/2019
Martha Maria PacoldU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois5/21/20197/31/2019
Mark T. PittmanU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas1/17/20197/31/2019
Jason K. PulliamU.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas3/5/20197/31/2019
Mary M. RowlandU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois5/21/2019<7/31/2019
Brantley StarrU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas3/11/20197/31/2019
William Shaw StickmanU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania5/13/20197/31/2019
John Milton YoungeU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania1/23/20197/31/2019
M. Miller BakerU.S. Court of International Trade1/23/20198/1/2019
Timothy M. ReifU.S. Court of International Trade1/23/20198/1/2019
Ada E. BrownU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas3/26/201909/11/19
Stephanie Agli GallagherU.S. District Court for the District of Maryland5/21/201909/11/19
Steven D. GrimbergU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia4/4/201909/11/19
Stephanie L. HainesU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania3/5/201909/11/19
Mary Susan McElroyU.S. District Court for the District of Rohde Island5/21/201909/11/19
Steven C. SeegerU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois5/21/201909/11/19
Rachel Peter KovnerU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas5/21/20199/11/2019
David John NovakU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia3/26/201910/16/2019
Frank William VolkU.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia4/4/201910/16/2019
Charles R. Eskridge IIIU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas5/13/201910/16/2019
Justin Reed WalkerU.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky6/24/201910/24/2019
David Austin TappU.S. Court of Federal Claims3/5/201911/5/2019
Danielle J. HunsakerU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit9/19/201911/6/2019
William Joseph NardiniU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit9/19/201911/7/2019
Jennifer Philpott WilsonU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania5/13/201911/7/2019
Lee Philip RudofskyU.S. District Court for the Central District of California7/8/201911/7/2019
Steven J. MenashiU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit9/9/201911/14/2019
Robert J. LuckU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit10/15/201911/19/2019
Barbara LagoaU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit10/15/201911/20/2019
Eric Ross KomiteeU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York5/21/20195/3/2019
John L. Sinatra Jr.U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York5/21/201912/4/2019
Douglas Russell ColeU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio5/13/201912/4/2019
Sarah E. PitlykU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri9/9/201912/4/2019
David B. BarlowU.S. District Court for the District of Utah6/12/201912/4/2019
R. Austin Huffaker Jr.U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama7/8/201912/4/2019
Richard Ernest Myers IIU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina9/9/201912/5/2019
Sherri A. LydonU.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina10/15/201912/5/2019
Patrick Joseph BumatayU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit10/15/201912/10/2019
Lawrence J.C. VanDykeU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit10/15/201912/11/2019
Matthew Walden McFarlandU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio1/23/201912/18/2019
Gary Richard BrownU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York5/21/201912/19/2019
Robert John ColvilleU.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania3/5/201912/19/2019
Stephanie Dawkins DavisU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan3/11/202912/19/2019
Jodi W.DishmanU.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma9/9/201912/19/2019
John M. GallagherU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania10/15/201912/19/2019
Bernard MauriceJones, IIU.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma10/17/201912/19/2019
Lewis J.LimanU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York5/21/201912/19/2019
Karen Spencer MarstonU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania9/9/201912/19/2019
Kea Whetzal RiggsU.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico5/13/201912/19/2019
Anuraag SinghalU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida9/9/201912/19/2019
Daniel Mack TraynorU.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota9/19/201912/19/2019
Mary Kay VyskocilU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York5/21/201912/19/2019
Eleni Maria RoumelU.S. Court of Federal Claims6/24/20191/8/2020
Matthew H.SolomsonU.S. Court of Federal Claims3/5/20191/8/2020
Andrew Lynn BrasherU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit1/3/20202/11/2020
Philip M.HalpernU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York1/23/20192/12/2020
John Fitzgerald KnessU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois6/24/20192/12/2020
Matthew Thomas SchelpU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri1/3/20202/12/2020
Joshua M.KindredU.S. District Court for the District of Alaska1/3/20202/12/2020
Silvia Carreño-CollU.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico10/15/20192/25/2020
Robert Anthony MolloyU.S. District Court of the Virgin Islands6/12/20192/25/2020
Scott RashU.S. District Court for the District of Arizona10/15/20195/19/2020
Anna M. ManascoU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama2/4/20205/20/2020
John F. Heil IIIU.S. District Court for the Northen, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma1/6/20205/20/2020
John Leonard BadalamentiU.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida02/04/202006/01/2020
Drew B. TiptonU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas02/04/202006/03/2020
Justin Reed WalkerU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit05/04/202006/18/2020
Cory T. WilsonU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit05/04/202006/24/2020
Scott HardyWestern District of Pennsylvania01/06/202007/28/2020
David JosephWestern District of Louisiana01/06/202007/28/2020
John CronanSouthern District of New York02/27/202008/06/2020
Thomas CullenWestern District of West Virginia02/04/202009/10/2020
Christy WiegandWestern District of Pennsylvania02/05/202009/09/2020
Todd RobinsonSouthern District of California11/21/202009/16/2020
John HolcombCentral District of California11/21/202009/15/2020
Michael J. NewmanSouthern District of Ohio03/03/202010/22/2020
Brett H. LudwigEastern District of Wisconsin03/03/202009/09/2020
Stephen McGlynnSouthern District of Illinios02/04/202009/16/2020
David DuganSouthern District of Illinios02/12/202009/16/2020
Frank ValderramaNorthern District of Illinios02/12/202009/17/2020
Iain D. JohnstonNorthern District of Illinios02/12/202009/17/2020
Hala JarbouWestern District of Michigan03/18/202009/10/2020
Roderick C. YoungEastern District of Virginia05/21/202009/24/2020
Diane GujaratiEastern District of New York 09/10/2020
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.Central District of California 09/20/2020
Mark ScarsiCentral District of California 09/15/2020
John HinderakerDistrict of Arizona12/02/202009/23/2020
Ed MeyersCourt of Federal Claims11/19/202010/26/2020
Amy Coney BarrettSuperme Court of the United States09/29/202010/26/2020
Aileen MercedesSouthern District of Florida05/21/202011/12/2020
James R. KneppNorthern District of Ohio03/03/202011/10/2020
Katherine Kimball MizelleMiddle District of Florida08/12/202010/22/2020
Benjamin J. BeatonWestern District of Kentucky08/12/202011/17/2020
Kristi Haskins JohnsonSouthern District of Mississippi05/04/202011/17/2020
Toby CrouseDistrict of Kansas05/21/202011/17/2020
J. Philip CaabreseNorthern District of Ohio03/03/202012/01/2020
Taylor B. McNeelSouthern District of Mississippi07/02/202012/01/2020
Stephen VadenCourt of International Trade01/03/202011/18/2020

 

 

 

Updated June 17, 2025